Always. (A Draco Malfoy Story)

Run.

Harry had his back against the pillar, being careful not to be seen, but still over hearing our entire conversation.

He saw everything.
He saw Draco at the tower.
He saw the Death Eaters.
He saw Albus Dumbledore die at the hands of Severus Snape.

He saw Draco and Joy together.

He thought to himself, 'Draco and Joy? Draco's dating Voldemort's heir?'

He watched us flash out of Hogwarts castle, and took the opportunity to follow Snape and the others down to Hagrid's hut.

He saw Hagrid's hut go up in flames. The flam nation of the fire grew higher causing Harry to step back and watch his friends home get destroyed.

"Cruciatus!" Harry curses towards the group, but Snape was quick to block it.

Harry tries again, "Incacerata!"
Blocked.

"Impendimenta!"
Blocked.

Harry cries out, "Fight! Fight back, you coward! Does Rosie know what you are?! Who you work for?! Voldemort and Joy?!" He huffs in frustration and exhaustion.

Snape bellows in a menacing tone, "Do not speak of my goddaughter that way."

A flash of red zooms past  Snape and hits Harry, smashing him to the ground. Snape turn and sees Bellatrix waving her wand. "No, he is the Dark Lord's!"
Bellatrix sneers and goes off to find the rest, as they've moved along.

Snape shortly followed, until he heard "Sectumsempra!"

Snape parried the curse and slowly walked over the Harry, "...You dare use me own spells against me, Potter?"

Snap hovers over Harry's trembling body as Harry collects himself after the hit from Bellatrix, "Dumbledore should've warned you better."

Harry watched Snape turn around and left him on the field, witnessing Hagrid's home be engulfed by flames.

-

I brought Draco and I home, and immediately began to pack a few things. Draco asks, "Why are we here? Snape said to go to Cokeworth."

I continued to stuff clothes into my luggage and responded, "You seriously don't think I'm gonna be staying at Snape's without any of my things?" Draco chuckles. I smile at him, "Just a few things... I still need to be here when Voldy looks for me."

Draco questions me, "...Voldy?" I smirk, "Cute, right? Saves me the energy of saying his full name." He laughs, "It's amazing how you're still in one piece after calling him that."

He walks up to me and hugs my waist from behind, rests his head on my shoulder and sighs, "It's amazing that you're here at all."

I embraced his hug. His touch. His love.

I turned to face him. One of his hands on my lower back, the other cupping my cheek.
He looked at me with a stare that melted my heart, "I missed you so much."

His thumb grazed against my cheek back and forth as I enjoyed his show of affection. I softly smiled and said, "I missed you too."

He brought my face closer to his, but lifted his head up higher to place a kiss on my forehead. I smile at him, "We have to go. Snape will be furious if we're not there before him." He nods and grabs my luggage for me, as I sent us both off to Cokeworth.

-

Sevy's home was quiet and cozy. Not much sunlight came through the windows, but I would expect that of him.
We apparated into his study. Tons of Potions books, manuals, and informational literature stacked wall high.

"This is cute," I walked around the room and grazed my fingers against the desk in the corner of the room, "I can't believe I get to see where he lives." Draco looks around the room, "Me either."
I wave for Draco to follow me, "Come on, I think the bedrooms are upstairs."

We walked up the stairs and saw a room, with the door slightly opened.
I pushed the door further back and saw an aesthetically pleasing room. Blackout curtains, two bookshelves filled with books on either side of the entrance to a private bath. Soft grey walls, decorated with few grunge artworks. I gasped, "Snape's got some taste."

Draco put my luggage down onto the bed and flicked his wand for it to unpack itself. He pushed my empty bags under my bed and pull me close to him.
He asks, "How did you get your memories back?" I explained, "I went to Gringott's to do something for Voldemort. There's a waterfall that washes away all enchantments. Memory charms included."

He smiles, "I'm so happy you're back, love." He ticks a strand on my hair behind my ear and lifts my chin up to kiss me.
I smiled against his lips as our kiss went on.

He pulled himself away from me and started to step back.

"Love, there's something I have to tell you..." He looks down to the ground and puts his hands in his pockets.
I'm intrigued, "What? What's wrong?"

He tries to find the right words to say, "Well... first, I wanted to say I'm sorry for fighting with you that day... about the letters. It was the wrong time for me to pick a fight with you."

I sighed and replied, "We were both emotionally distraught, Draco." I tried to reach out for his hand, but he pulls away from me. I furrow my eyebrows.

"You're... you're so good to me. I don't deserve you..." He's beginning to talk softer, a strain of shame in his voice.

"Draco, what's wrong? You're scaring me." I rub my arm as I start to grow anxious as the words flow out of his mouth.

He continued to look at the ground, refusing to look me in the eyes. He grew quiet for a few seconds, I could tell that something was bothering him.

"There was this girl while you were gone..."

When I say my eyes never turned dark any quicker than this fucking moment... Sweet fucking Salazar.

I'm about to fucking kill Draco.